Real Earthworm Recipes

REALISTIC HOMEMADE WORMS

Steps:

• 1) Pour Jell-O and 4 packages of gelatin ingredients all into a large bowl and mix them up well. Make sure you don't have areas of just gelatin or it might not distribute well and you'll have jelly clumps in your worms!
• 2) Add 4 cups of boiling water and stir it up well until everything is dissolved.
• 3) Set the bowl in the fridge for about 20 minutes until the liquid is room temperature. SET A TIMER because if you forget about it, it will turn into a very large red block which will be very hard to re-liquefy.
• 4) While your mixture is cooling, you can get your straws ready. The ones with the bendy necks work best because they give the end of the worm some texture. Make sure you extend the straws to the maximum length by pulling on the ends. Stretch them all out and then secure them with a rubber band so you have one big bundle. If you use the bendy neck straws, make sure to put the bendy necks at the bottom of your container!
• 5) Once your bundle is together, stick it in a milk carton (washed).
• 6) Once mixture is room temperature, add cup of cream. Mix it up well. Add green food coloring.
• 7) Whisk the food coloring and everything together and then pour it over straws and fill up the container.
• 8) Let this chill in your fridge overnight or for at least 4 hours.
• 9) Cut apart your carton and get your straws separated from the mold. Then lay out 12 inches or so of wax paper and starting from the non-bendy end of the straw, squeeze out the worm using your fingers! If the straw or your hands get slippery, have some paper towels on hand to dry out.
• 10) Squeeze the worms out on the wax paper in a mound of crushed oreos to keep them from sticking.
• 11) Toss the worms in the dirt and pile everything up in a big bowl!

MUD AND WORMS

Steps:

• Place the chocolate sandwich cookies into a resealable plastic zipper bag, and crush with a rolling pin into crumbs. For a more mudlike appearance, untwist the cookies and scrape off the creme filling before crushing cookies.
• Whisk together the chocolate pudding mix with the milk in a bowl, stirring for 2 minutes. Sprinkle about 1/3 of the crushed sandwich cookie crumbs into the bottom of a serving bowl, and spoon the chocolate pudding over the crumbs. Smooth out the top of the pudding, then top with the rest of the chocolate cookie crumbs to resemble dirt. Poke gummy worms halfway into the dirt. Refrigerate until serving.

EARTHWORM SUNDAE

Steps:

• Place ice cream in serving bowl.
• Arrange gummy worms on top.
• Sprinkle with crushed cookies.
• Drizzle chocolate syrup over all.
• Serve to your favorite kid :).